Story+2009-05-11+St.+Paul,+MN

“St. Paul! (crowd cheers) let’s do it all…”
 * 11.05.09 St. Paul, MN, intro to “Badlands”**

“Is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers)…”
 * 11.05.09 St. Paul, MN, intro to “Radio Nowhere”**

“Good evening, St. Paul (crowd cheers) Minneapolis…we’re so glad to be here in the beautiful Twin Cities tonight (crowd cheers)…but we’ve come here tonight with a purpose…the E Street Band is here to fulfil its solemn vow to rock the house! (crowd cheers) that’s right…but we just ain’t gonna rock the house tonight, we’ve come here tonight to build a house (crowd cheers) right here in this room we’re gonna build a house tonight (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the fear that’s out there and we’re gonna build a house of love (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the despair that’s out there and we’re gonna build a house of hope (crowd cheers) we’re gonna take the doubt that’s out there and we’re gonna build us a house of faith (crowd cheers) and we’re gonna take the sadness and we’re gonna build us a house of joy and happiness (crowd cheers) and then we’re gonna take that cooling off and we’re gonna build us a house of sexual healing (crowd cheers) that’s right…that’s right…and we’re gonna use the bad wood and we’re gonna use the good wood… and we’re gonna use the bad news that’s out there and we’re gonna use the good news that’s here tonight…and we got all the tools we need right here on this stage and in these seats out there tonight (crowd cheers) but there’s just one thing…we can’t do it by ourselves… that’s why we’re out here night after night after night after night to bring the power because we can’t do it by ourselves…we wanna build a house out of music and spirit and noise…well, now the mighty E Street Band is here tonight to bring the almighty power of the music (crowd cheers) St. Paul, Minneapolis, we’re gonna need you to bring the noise (crowd cheers) now sing it like you mean it …”
 * 11.05.09 St. Paul, MN, middle of “Working on a Dream”**

“Oh…thank you, thank you, Jay!...yeah…when Max has to go to his day job, Jay’s gonna sit in for the old man – he’s doing pretty good (crowd cheers) you see that sign, boys?...do you see this sign?*... are you gonna solo?...you got the solo?...I think we got it…have we ever played this song, band? (Steve: “Na-huh”) never till right now in St.-Fucking-Paul (crowd cheers) just this moment right now (crowd cheers) ready?...(?) one, two, three, boom, one, two, three, we’re on (Steve: “Key of D”) here we go…” [The sign asks for either “Twist and Shout” or “Good Lovin’”]
 * 11.05.09 St. Paul, MN, intro to “Good Lovin’”**

“Let’s hear you…I’m waitin’ (a bunch of kids sing the chorus) are you singing in there?...I’m waitin’ (another bunch kids sing) that’s very good (kids go on singing) that’s very good (kids keep singing) this is child abuse (chuckles)…”
 * 11.05.09 St. Paul, MN, middle of “Waitin’ on a Sunny Day”**

“Thank you very much…come on, boys…wanna send this one out to Pats tonight, she sends you all her love…she’s at home, she’s recuperating a little bit from slipping off her horse and uh…we got all the kids home from school so…she’s making sure that Girls Gone Wild-bus passes the house by (chuckles) this is for you, Pats…”
 * 11.05.09 St. Paul, MN, intro to “Kingdom of Days”**

“Thank you, Twin Cities (crowd cheers) thank you for coming out to the show tonight and for supporting our band over all these years, thank you very much (crowd cheers) yes, yes, yes…alright, we got some friends in the house from the Second Harvest Heartland… Second Harvest Heartland distributes more than 41 million pounds of food each year to struggling citizens throughout Minnesota and Wisconsin (crowd cheers) that’s right…all you gotta do is pick up the newspapers and see all the millions of jobs that have been lost over the past several years, hundreds of thousands of jobs that continue to get lost every month or so, you realise what a difficult time it is out there for many Americans, grassroots organizations like the Second Harvest Heartland are the only safety net that many people have…to keep them from sending their kids to bed hungry at night, they’re out there on the frontlines doing God’s work, if you can, please support Second Harvest Heartland (crowd cheers) this is a song written by Stephen Foster in 1855, so the more things change, the more they stay the same, this is “Hard times come again no more”…”
 * 11.05.09 St. Paul, MN, intro to “Hard Times”**

“Gimme the “Tenth,” guys!...is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) is there anybody alive out there? (crowd cheers) then come on, let me hear y’all! (crowd keeps singing) come on, y’all (crowd goes on singing) I can’t hear you! (crowd goes on singing) come on now (crowd keeps singing)…”
 * 11.05.09 St. Paul, MN, intro to “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”**

“Thank you for coming out to the show tonight (crowd cheers)… (…) The incredible Little Steven (crowd cheers) Curtis King (crowd cheers) the thunder from down under, Mr. Garry W. Tallent (crowd cheers) Sister Soozie Tyrell (crowd cheers) the unstoppable Mighty Max Weinberg (crowd cheers) the brilliant Professor Roy Bittan (crowd cheers) Charlie Giordano on the accordion and keyboards (crowd cheers) one of the greatest guitarists in the world, Nils Lofgren (crowd cheers) the beautiful Cindy Mizelle (crowd cheers) and the biggest man you’ve ever seen: Clarence “Big Man” Clemons (crowd cheers) Twin Cities! (crowd cheers) Twin Cities! (crowd cheers) Twin Cities! (crowd cheers) Twin Cities! (crowd cheers) Twin Cities! (crowd cheers) Twin Cities! (crowd cheers) Twin Cities! (crowd cheers) Twin Cities! (crowd cheers) you’ve just seen the heart-stopping, pants-dropping, hard-rocking, earth-shocking, booty-shaking, love-making, Viagra-taking, history-making, legendary (crowd: “E Street Band”)(crowd cheers) that’s fucking right!...”
 * 11.05.09 St. Paul, MN, intro to “American Land”**

11.05.09 St. Paul, MN, intro to “Bobby Jean” “It ain’t over (crowd cheers) it ain’t over (crowd cheers) it ain’t over (crowd cheers)…”

//Compiled by Johanna Pirttijärvi//